Paul Davis

Boss Steve Evans is happy to wait until next year to find out whether the loan players helping shape Rotherham United’s new style will remain at the club.

The Millers are unbeaten in the Championship since Tom Lawrence, Reece James, Emmanuel Ledesma and Scott Wootton came together, and Saturday’s win at Wigan Athletic lifted them into 19th place.

Evans said: “These players are all with us to near on the middle of January so it will be January before their clubs can really answer to us because they’ll want to go and do some business themselves.

“They’ve certainly not given us any indication that it’s going to be anything other than positive. If it’s down to the players, they’ve all told me and told our football club that they want to stay and be part of it.

“But, like us, they’re at the beck and call of their parent club, and so they should be. Because the clubs that have got players from us on loan, they’ll be at the beck and call of us.”

Evans’ switched to a pass-and-move approach after a home defeat against Birmingham and has been rewarded with three draws, all of which could have been wins, and Saturday’s victory against the Latics.

He has been delighted by the response of the players who were already at the club to the new format,